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The Phantom #22

King Features · Series began 1966 · May 1967

Dates

Cover date
May 1967
On sale
March 7, 1967
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Sy Barry, Bill Lignanteinks: Sy Barry, Bill Lignantescript: Dick Wood, Gary Poole, Bill Harrisletters: Ben Oda

Stories

  • The Secret of Magic Mountain [Part One] · 13 pages

    Blaming the awakening of the volcano on a 300 year dead witch doctor Kiyanga, Tuluck seeks to eliminate the Phantom. "Reading" the Legend of Kiyanga he tells the Wambesi how he defeated and killed the evil Phantom and that the current Phantom is an imposter. He incites them to repeatedly attack and kill the Phantom. Turning to the chronicles to identify the drive behind the attacks, he discovers the 2nd Phantom had to help Kiyanga save his people from the Gyano tribe slavers. The were friends, not the enemies Tuluck makes them out to be.

  • This Is the Phantom! · 1 pages

    A brief history of the Phantom, and his role in the world. Tells how the current Phantom #16 (Kit Walker) trained with the dreaded pygmy poison people, and was then sent to America for formal education, it was there he met Diana Palmer. He returned to the jungle when his father died.

  • The Secret of Magic Mountain (Part Two) Village in the Volcano · 11 pages

    Arriving with the dynamite to blow the volcano safely Guran and the Phantom discover Tuluck stirring up mischief, with everyone supposedly hearing the dead Kiyanga telling them they must kill the false Phantom. Temporarily ignoring this, the Phantom and Guran enter the mountain to prevent the eruption. Setting the charges the Phantom gets caught inside the mountain when it blows. He was successful and quieted the mountain. Tuluck uses the quieting and forces his tribe to follow him into the mountain to cement his control, only to find the Phantom waiting for him disguised as Kiyanga.

  • Arsonist and Old Rags · 4 pages

    Mandrake and Lothar catch an arsonist.

Reprinted in

Indrajal Comics (1964), Sinister Tales (1964), The Phantom: The Complete Series: The King Years (2012)

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